Baldwin, WI Traffic

NEW RICHMOND — Maintenance crews from the St. Croix County Highway Department plan to chip seal a section of Highway 64 from New Richmond east to US Highway 63 beginning Tuesday, June 22, according to a news release from WisDOT. During chip sealing operations, Highway 64 will be open to...

EAU CLAIRE — Train station sites are being considered for a potential passenger rail in western Wisconsin. The Chippewa-St. Croix Passenger Rail Commission during its meeting Wednesday discussed possible future locations for passengers to board and depart trains running from Eau Claire to St. Paul. Nothing is close to being...

Metro Transit adjusts its bus routes and schedules on a quarterly basis, and the biggest change to roll out Saturday will impact travelers heading east through St. Paul to the Sun Ray Transit Center and then on toward Woodbury. Weekday and Saturday trip frequency on the Route 63 bus —...

MAIDEN ROCK -- A motorcyclist was injured in a collision with an SUV on Tuesday in Pierce County. According to a news release from the Sheriff's Office:. The office was notified at about 5:53 p.m. Tuesday of the crash on Highway S near Second Street in Maiden Rock. It was...

North metro motorists are in for another major closure this weekend as the Minnesota Department of Transportation shuts down both directions of Interstate 694/94 through Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park and Maple Grove as part of a bridge deck replacement project. In the southwest metro, work on the Southwest light-rail line...

Construction on Highway 35, which runs through downtown Hudson, will continue throughout the summer. The current deadline is set for sometime in November. The road is closed to through traffic, with a detour taking drivers into Minnesota, but those looking to get to downtown shops and restaurants can still do so.

The City of Mahtomedi recently adopted a 20 miles per hour (MPH) speed limit on all local City streets, except collector streets, which would be reduced to 25 MPH. The City Council took this action in response to an overwhelming response during a recent City survey, that a reduction in speed limits was desired. The ability to lower the speed limit on City streets was just recently granted by the State Legislature. It is felt that lowering the speed limits makes the streets safer for all users, while still allowing for acceptable vehicular circulation. These reduced speed limits do not apply to County roads and State highways. Those roadways are: Hilton Trail, Stillwater Road, Wildwood Road, Century Avenue and Mahtomedi Avenue. Those roadways will remain as currently posted.

The Washington County Board of Commissioners, sitting as the Regional Railroad Authority June 1, elected its leadership for 2021, electing Commissioner Wayne Johnson as chair and Commissioner Stan Karwoski as vice chair. The authority also approved a budget amendment to a contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates to add $13,000 to...

PRESCOTT -- A Minnesota woman was injured in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday in Pierce County. According to a news release from the Pierce County Sheriff's Office:. The Sheriff's Office was notified at about 11:26 a.m. Tuesday of the crash on Highway 35 near Highway QQ in the town of Oak Grove.

ELMWOOD -- An Ellsworth woman driving with five children was injured in a car-deer collision Thursday morning in Pierce County. According to a news release from the Pierce County Sheriff's Office:. The Sheriff’s Office was notified at about 7:38 a.m. Thursday of the collision on Highway 72 near 290th Street...

PRESCOTT — A 41-year-old Minnesota man was injured Friday in a single motorcycle crash in Pierce County. Mark McKnight of Hastings, Minnesota, was traveling southbound on Highway 35 near 1150th Street in the town of Oak Grove when his lost control of his 2004 Harley-Davidson on a curve, entered the east ditch and overturned, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office reported in a news release.